Cloud Migration Roadmap
Moving to Azure requires a structured approach. Follow these 7 steps for a successful migration with minimal disruption.
7 Steps
- 1. Assess: Inventory all workloads, dependencies, and readiness
- 2. Plan: Define target architecture and migration strategy
- 3. Prepare: Set up Azure landing zone, networking, and identity
- 4. Migrate: Execute migration with Azure Migrate tools
- 5. Optimize: Right-size resources, implement autoscaling
- 6. Secure: Apply security baselines, Defender, and monitoring
- 7. Govern: Implement Azure Policy, cost management, and compliance
Migration Strategies
Choose from rehost (lift-and-shift), refactor, rearchitect, rebuild, or replace based on each workload’s needs.
